Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Run the race ...

Yesterday I took Eliot on a bit of a walk in the Malone demesne ... at one point we were overlooking the new track ... an impressive sight!

This is where a wide angle lens would help! Though I suppose the runner sees only the bit of track in front ... and still keeps running.

Maybe there's a sermon in that! Just keep going ... running the race ahead of you ... even if you can't see very far. We follow the one who is the leader who will "match his stride to yours until your journey's end."
The track here is level and easy ... sometimes in the life-race there are hurdles ... and uneven ground ... but we are running alongside a travelling companion who will pick us up if we fall and who will provide all the support we need.
Keep going ... even if the way is tough at times.
Take a leaf out of Eliot's book ... he's determined to dig to Australia! No matter how many times I fill in the hole ... he's back digging! Sometimes I wonder just what was once buried in this spot!

Today, even with a heavy frost on the ground, he was busy as usual.
The frost gave some beautiful patterns on the edges of the spring flowers.

And it was wonderful to see another dry day with blue sky ... though maybe not just as intense as yesterday. Rain is coming, we're told ... so the long dry spell is about to end. It was good while it lasted and the parks are certainly much easier for walking these days.

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Elizabeth the Rector

I'm a Parish Priest in Belfast.
After reading geography at Queen's University, Belfast I began a teaching career in Lurgan Technical College. Then, after three years of further study in London Bible College (The London School of Theology) I began teaching Religious Studies in Kilkeel - in the school where I'd been a pupil!
In 1999 I resigned from that post and began a two year course in Dublin; both at the Church of Ireland Theological College and The Milltown Institute, in preparation for the ordained ministry.
The curacy years were in Bangor Abbey and then I moved to the country as rector of two small parish churches.
In 2008 I accepted a call to Saint Nicholas' on the Lisburn Road in Belfast.
Keep up to date with the church information at:
http://saintnicholasparishchurchbelfast.shutterfly.com/